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Best Tube Headphone Amp To DIY

post #1 of 98
2/17/10 at 12:03am
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So i'm thinking about making my own tube headphone amp

Price doesnt matter as long as its "you get the best quality for the money"

What do you suggest? (also include links please)

Thanks!!!
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post #2 of 98
2/17/10 at 12:07am
Do you have any experience with previous DIY projects?

I think every pure tube amp DIY project requires working with high voltage.
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post #3 of 98
2/17/10 at 12:34am
The Oatley K272A was a very easy build. But if you have tons of DIY experience, then probably the Zana Deux.
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post #4 of 98
2/17/10 at 1:01am
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Originally Posted by LingLing1337 View Post
The Oatley K272A was a very easy build. But if you have tons of DIY experience, then probably the Zana Deux.
I need some schematics or something for those two
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post #5 of 98
2/17/10 at 1:19am
Like to read? I suggest Cavalli Audio and Pete Millett's DIY Audio pages for several recommendations, with discussions and schematics. It is a start, which will help you to formulate some more specific questions that will get better opinions.
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post #6 of 98
2/17/10 at 2:06am
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Originally Posted by LingLing1337 View Post
The Oatley K272A was a very easy build. But if you have tons of DIY experience, then probably the Zana Deux.
there is a zana diy?
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post #7 of 98
2/17/10 at 2:36am
Budget? Experience level (safe at high voltages)?
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post #8 of 98
2/17/10 at 8:14am
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I already stated... it doesnt matter i'm happy for a budget or a very experienced level
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post #9 of 98
2/17/10 at 10:54am
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Originally Posted by Kitarist View Post
I already stated... it doesnt matter i'm happy for a budget or a very experienced level
You've made clear that you have no budget restrictions; but your experience level is not clear, have you ever built a circuit handling 100 volts and upwards ?

cheers!
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post #10 of 98
2/17/10 at 10:56am
i had a good shock from a 250v 330uf capacitor.
luckily with my right hand :x

so you would better buy some protection!
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post #11 of 98
2/17/10 at 5:34pm
Check out beezar.com for PMillett's Starving student and Hybrid MiniMAX Kits.
I recently built a starving student kit and it is a pretty decent little amp in terms of SQ for the money.
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post #12 of 98
2/17/10 at 6:29pm
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Originally Posted by the_equalizer View Post
You've made clear that you have no budget restrictions; but your experience level is not clear, have you ever built a circuit handling 100 volts and upwards ?

cheers!
I built a guitar tube amp and guitar effects pedals
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post #13 of 98
2/17/10 at 9:15pm
I've been looking at several headphone amps, mostly because my budget will not allow me to do anything else until next year. Here's what I consider the most interesting:

- Cavalli Audio's Bijou The Bijou Headphone Amplifier
- Bottlehead's S.E.X. Single Ended eXperimenter's Kit
- Hagerman Technology's Castanet Hagerman Technology LLC: Castanet Vacuum Tube Headphone Amplifier DIY Kit
- Mapletree Audio Design's Ear+ HD Welcome to Mapletree Audio Design

As well as several Hybrids: CTH, SOHA II, Millett MAX, MiniMAX and Starving Student. Several of these are in kit form at Glass Jar Audio and beezar.com welcome page

Now, I've only built the MiniMAX, and I like it, but I cannot do any comparaison. So choose one, build it and enjoy it, until you get the DIY bug again. I bet you can't build just one.

I know I can't.
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post #14 of 98
2/18/10 at 8:16am
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Thanks for a great reply gonna check these out!!!
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post #15 of 98
2/20/10 at 4:22pm
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